You know, it's really comforting to know that no matter who we vote for on Election Day, (if we vote, that is) we'll be sending some very qualified scallywags and shady characters to office in Washington and our State Capitols. How do I know they're scumbags? Because they told me so, themselves, over and over and over and over again ! Some of these folks have GOT to be the "bottom feeders" of what old Tom, George, and Alex had in mind. And, don't pin this on the hired "pros". Believe me, the candidates orchestrate most of it, and approve all of it.

"Why, My Friends, Ah've lived in Aardvark all my life. I was born here ... educated - that's right, Ah WAS educated - in the Aardvark Public Schools, while my opponent, Jimmie John Tapthetill isn't even one of us - why, he's a shill from Felontown, up the road.....and he doesn't even use toilet paper! Ya' GOTTA vote for me, I'm goooood for Aardvark..."

David Broder, on one of the "Sundays", as I call the composite Schieffer-Russert-Stephanopoulos weekly offerings, said the hatchetry is the worst he'd seen ... ever (but he says that every two years). It's a cycle. Voters are apathetic. So-called "attack ads" spark the apathetic to vote. Archie from Aardvark gets elected. Voters get apathetic, again. And, two years later, the cycle repeats. It brings politicians to the level of scumsuck. That's just above mold adjusters. Talk about "toxic waste"!! Trouble is ... it works!

Thank God the election is early in the month. That way, we get to enjoy the rest of the greatest month of the calendar. I think one of my folk music heroes, Loudon Wainwright III, got it wrong when he wrote:
        Suddenly it's Christmas,
        Right after Hallowe'en.
        Forget about Thanksgiving;
        It's just a buffet in between.
Oh well, Loudon also wrote something about a dead skunk.

November. From All Saints to the Vets to Thanksgiving. It's an intriguing little month. Shorter than most (who cares about that step-sister February!). November just seems to bring out the best in people. If you don't believe me, just notice the first several days of the month. All those scumbag politicians all-of-a-sudden become Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts again. Right before the election. Imagine that. Ahhh. It must be November.

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